Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Now, if the Washington Post can get a Pulitzer Prize for reporting secret government programs that no one can confirm, why not give one to USA Today for their error-prone reporting about the NSA's secret tracking of all our phone calls.

BellSouth Says It Gave NSA No Call Records

ATLANTA (AP) - BellSouth Corp. said Monday its "thorough review" found no indication it gave telephone records to the National Security Agency as part of a federal anti-terrorism surveillance program.....

"Based on our review to date, we have confirmed no such contract exists and we have not provided bulk customer calling records to the NSA," the Atlanta-based regional Bell said in a statement.

BellSouth spokesman Jeff Battcher said the company's investigation found "no contract with the NSA and we are confident that we have turned over no phone records."Last week, Battcher said the company had "not provided any information we would need a subpoena for." On Monday night, Battcher said "we cannot find anyone within BellSouth who has ever been approached by the NSA."

I am about to write an article about the secret government plan to collect information on everyone's earnings and then force them to pay a large percentage under threat of jailtime or seizure of assets! I'm going to call it - The Federal Tax Code: a Bill of No Rights. Where's my Pulitzer?

No comments: